Как утверждается, в исключительно научных целях в программе участвуют две атомные подводные лодки.
Отрабатываются практические навыки по подводным работам, тестирование подводных аппаратов, спасательные операции, погодные исследования и другие важные научные дисциплины.
В программе задействованы более 30 организаций и свыше 200 человек персонала.
Особо подчеркивается, что программа не является ответом на русскую экспансию в Арктике, проводится в 27 раз с 1960 года и возобновлена после окончания холодной войны в соответствии с "арктической дорожной картой ВМФ США".
В научной работе задействованы также Королевские Военно-морские силы Великобритании, Королевские Военно-морские силы Канады, персонал ВВС, Береговая охрана США.
Ледовый лагерь Сарго развернут на льдине, дрейфующей со скоростью ок. 9 миль в день и обеспечивает постоянное размещение примерно 70 человек.
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Arctic naval exercise not a hedge against Russia, officials say
By Meghann Myers, Navy Times 6:02 p.m. EST March 2, 2016
A contingent of international partners has descended upon an icy spot 200 miles north of Alaska for Ice Exercise 2016, where the Navy, other armed services and a variety of agencies will get practice operating in the Arctic and completing scientific research.
Led by Submarine Forces Command, the five-week ICEX 2016 will give the Navy a chance to hone its sub skills in that environment, while also doing diving, unmanned underwater vehicle tests, search and rescue training, and researching weather and other environmental conditions up north. The exercise will include two unnamed U.S. submarines.
More than 30 organizations with upward of 200 personnel will be in and out of the camp, dubbed Ice Camp Sarbo, over the next several weeks.
Despite increasing military activity from Russia in the Arctic, officials said concerns about Russian expansion are not a factor in the exercise.
"We’ve been conducting ICEX for years and years and years," Capt. David Kirk, head of the Navy's undersea influence branch, told reporters Tuesday. "[It] isn’t driven at all by perceived adversaries. It’s an important region to operate in."
A notable loss of sea ice, both in thickness and the amount of area covered, has the Navy concerned about increased activity in the region, particularly with the possibility that more open water could create shipping lanes.
ICEX is the Navy's 27th Arctic exercise since the 1960s, and the first since 2014.
"Funding went down after the Cold War, but the Navy’s interest reinvigorated in 2009 with the Navy’s Arctic Road Map," said Scott Harper, head of arctic research at the Office of Naval Research.
Among the participants in the exercise are Alaska Air National Guard assets, Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2 and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team, as well as Royal Navy personnel and Royal Canadian Navy and Air Force personnel.
There will also be Coast Guard divers in camp, said Jeffrey Barker, deputy branch head for policy.
Ice Camp Sargo is set up on an ice floe and designed to house and support about 70 personnel at a time. It's about 200 miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Kirk said, but because of the ice's migration, the camp is currently drifting about nine miles per day
By Meghann Myers, Navy Times 6:02 p.m. EST March 2, 2016
A contingent of international partners has descended upon an icy spot 200 miles north of Alaska for Ice Exercise 2016, where the Navy, other armed services and a variety of agencies will get practice operating in the Arctic and completing scientific research.
Led by Submarine Forces Command, the five-week ICEX 2016 will give the Navy a chance to hone its sub skills in that environment, while also doing diving, unmanned underwater vehicle tests, search and rescue training, and researching weather and other environmental conditions up north. The exercise will include two unnamed U.S. submarines.
More than 30 organizations with upward of 200 personnel will be in and out of the camp, dubbed Ice Camp Sarbo, over the next several weeks.
Despite increasing military activity from Russia in the Arctic, officials said concerns about Russian expansion are not a factor in the exercise.
"We’ve been conducting ICEX for years and years and years," Capt. David Kirk, head of the Navy's undersea influence branch, told reporters Tuesday. "[It] isn’t driven at all by perceived adversaries. It’s an important region to operate in."
A notable loss of sea ice, both in thickness and the amount of area covered, has the Navy concerned about increased activity in the region, particularly with the possibility that more open water could create shipping lanes.
ICEX is the Navy's 27th Arctic exercise since the 1960s, and the first since 2014.
"Funding went down after the Cold War, but the Navy’s interest reinvigorated in 2009 with the Navy’s Arctic Road Map," said Scott Harper, head of arctic research at the Office of Naval Research.
Among the participants in the exercise are Alaska Air National Guard assets, Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2 and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team, as well as Royal Navy personnel and Royal Canadian Navy and Air Force personnel.
There will also be Coast Guard divers in camp, said Jeffrey Barker, deputy branch head for policy.
Ice Camp Sargo is set up on an ice floe and designed to house and support about 70 personnel at a time. It's about 200 miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Kirk said, but because of the ice's migration, the camp is currently drifting about nine miles per day
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Navy Sets Course for the Arctic Circle, Kicks Off ICEX 2016
Story Number: NNS160302-16Release Date: 3/2/2016 1:52:00 PM
From Commander, Submarine Forces Public Affairs
ICE CAMP SARGO (NNS) -- Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially kicked off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016 in the Arctic Ocean with the construction of U.S. Navy Ice Camp SARGO March 2.
ICEX 2016 is a five-week exercise designed to research, test and evaluate operational capabilities in the Arctic region.
"ICEX allows us to assess our operational readiness in the Arctic, increase our experience in the region, develop partnerships and collaborative efforts, and advance our understanding of the Arctic environment," said Vice Adm. Joseph E. Tofalo, commander, Submarine Forces.
"The Arctic environment plays a key role in national defense. With over a thousand miles of Arctic coastline, the U.S. has strong national security and homeland defense interests in the region."
The Arctic is experiencing a trend of diminishing sea ice extent and thickness creating the likelihood of increased maritime activity in the region, including trans-oceanic shipping and resource extraction.
The Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL), based in San Diego, serves as the lead organization for coordinating, planning and executing the exercise involving four nations and over 200 participants over the five weeks of operations.
A temporary camp is being established on a sheet of ice, known as an ice floe, in the Arctic Ocean to maintain submarine readiness and support arctic objectives and initiatives.
"This exercise is the result of nearly two years of intense planning and hard work by everyone at the Arctic Submarine Laboratory," said Larry Estrada, Director of ASL. "This year's ICEX will include complex testing, demonstration and evaluation efforts that promote and align with broader Navy, DOD and national objectives in the region as well as increase participation. The camp will allow us to provide a stable platform supporting over 35 organizations."
Ice Camp SARGO, will serve as a temporary command center for conducting operations in the Arctic region. It consists of shelters, a command center, and infrastructure to safely house and support more than 70 personnel at any one time.
The camp gets its namesake from USS Sargo (SSN 583), the first submarine to conduct a winter Bering Strait transit in 1960 and a subsequent North Pole surfacing. Since the success of Sargo's voyage, arctic operations have been a crucial part of the missions conducted by nuclear submarines.
Submarines have conducted under-ice operations in the Arctic regions in support of inter-fleet transit, training, cooperative allied engagements and operations for more than 50 years. USS Nautilus (SSN 571) made the first transit in 1958. USS Skate (SSN 578) was the first U.S. submarine to surface through arctic ice at the North Pole in March, 1959.
Since those events, the U.S. Submarine Force has completed more than 26 Arctic exercises; the last being conducted in 2014.
For more information about ICEX 2016, visit http://www.navy.mil or http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/uwdc/asl
Story Number: NNS160302-16Release Date: 3/2/2016 1:52:00 PM
From Commander, Submarine Forces Public Affairs
ICE CAMP SARGO (NNS) -- Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially kicked off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016 in the Arctic Ocean with the construction of U.S. Navy Ice Camp SARGO March 2.
ICEX 2016 is a five-week exercise designed to research, test and evaluate operational capabilities in the Arctic region.
"ICEX allows us to assess our operational readiness in the Arctic, increase our experience in the region, develop partnerships and collaborative efforts, and advance our understanding of the Arctic environment," said Vice Adm. Joseph E. Tofalo, commander, Submarine Forces.
"The Arctic environment plays a key role in national defense. With over a thousand miles of Arctic coastline, the U.S. has strong national security and homeland defense interests in the region."
The Arctic is experiencing a trend of diminishing sea ice extent and thickness creating the likelihood of increased maritime activity in the region, including trans-oceanic shipping and resource extraction.
The Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL), based in San Diego, serves as the lead organization for coordinating, planning and executing the exercise involving four nations and over 200 participants over the five weeks of operations.
A temporary camp is being established on a sheet of ice, known as an ice floe, in the Arctic Ocean to maintain submarine readiness and support arctic objectives and initiatives.
"This exercise is the result of nearly two years of intense planning and hard work by everyone at the Arctic Submarine Laboratory," said Larry Estrada, Director of ASL. "This year's ICEX will include complex testing, demonstration and evaluation efforts that promote and align with broader Navy, DOD and national objectives in the region as well as increase participation. The camp will allow us to provide a stable platform supporting over 35 organizations."
Ice Camp SARGO, will serve as a temporary command center for conducting operations in the Arctic region. It consists of shelters, a command center, and infrastructure to safely house and support more than 70 personnel at any one time.
The camp gets its namesake from USS Sargo (SSN 583), the first submarine to conduct a winter Bering Strait transit in 1960 and a subsequent North Pole surfacing. Since the success of Sargo's voyage, arctic operations have been a crucial part of the missions conducted by nuclear submarines.
Submarines have conducted under-ice operations in the Arctic regions in support of inter-fleet transit, training, cooperative allied engagements and operations for more than 50 years. USS Nautilus (SSN 571) made the first transit in 1958. USS Skate (SSN 578) was the first U.S. submarine to surface through arctic ice at the North Pole in March, 1959.
Since those events, the U.S. Submarine Force has completed more than 26 Arctic exercises; the last being conducted in 2014.
For more information about ICEX 2016, visit http://www.navy.mil or http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/uwdc/asl
